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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Stars' New Star May Bring Luster - or at Least Lust - Back to Dallas

There was a time - almost 15 years ago all the sudden - when the place to see and be seen in Dallas was, yep, a Stars' game. Celebrities in the front row near the ice and their female accessories displaying, um, enhanced assets on the glass.
The Stars won. The joint was jumpin'. In a town married to trends, it was the scene.
But long gone are the playoffs and Mike Modano and everything else that attracted us to ice hockey in the sun belt.
The Stars have new management and a roster in the process of being totally re-shaped, but one recent acquisition might bring some luster - or at least lust - back to American Airlines Center.

On July 4 Dallas sent Loui Eriksson to the Boston Bruins for a 21-year-old named Tyler Seguin. He was the No. 2 pick in the 2010 NHL Draft and by all accounts is oozing talent, but not temperament. He played mostly on the third line during the Bruins' playoff run to the Stanley Cup Finals. There are those in Boston, however, who think the Bruins gave up on Seguin too soon.
"Tyler is a dynamic player that will be a part of our core group for a long time to come," new Stars' general manager Jim Nill said in the wake of the blockbuster deal. "A player at his age, position and talent level are extremely difficult to acquire and we’re thrilled to bring him into our organization."
All-Star or not, Seguin promises to bring intrigue.
In Boston he prompted a couple women to place on the glass a hand-made sign that read "I Wish I Only Got Two Minutes For Hooking." And, yes, there immediately arose a funny, but NSFW photo-shopped version of the sign.
And then, of course, was the infamous (hacked) tweet from his Twitter in the hours after the trade to Dallas was announced:

Only steers and queers in Texas, and I'm not a cow

The tweet was deleted and Seguin has since shut down his Twitter account because of what he calls "hackers." But whether it's on the glass or on social media, Seguin's arrival will be a breath of fresh air to an organization that in recent years has grown very stale.